[Dixielandjazz] Bert Williams

[MARTNO1 at aol.com]

Don Ingle mentioned Bert Williams in a post last week. Just read a short item 
in a 1922 Melody Mag about him that was sort of interesting. ''A teacher in a 
NY school, who has intituted a regular Wed afternoon "story club" to interest 
the children, decided to vary the story-telling with music. Possessing a 
small grafanola which she could easily carry to the school room, this teacher 
requested all her pupils who had records to bring their favorite ones. She reports 
that out of a class of 28 children, 21 of them brought Bert Williams records 
- truly a self-registered record that records volumes for the popularity of 
the late colored comedian.''